Who is more technologically advanced The USA or China?
China is, and by far. The gap between China and USA when it comes to everything (except military tech) is very huge, and overall China has the lead.
If you only talk about military tech, Korea is first in the world, and USA behind them, then followed by China.
But ignoring military, China is so much further than USA in technology and science/research. And that gap keeps growing.
China makes more millionaires, and billionaires each year than any other country in the world combined. China also has more current female billionaires in China then all the rest of the world combined.
If you’ve ever been to all US major cities, and all major and second tier cities in China. You’ll notice one thing. The most technological advanced cities in USA are like 2nd and 3rd tier cities in China. Most Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in China blow USA out of the water.
It may not look like that from the outside, especially if you’ve never been to China because China is a very big country, and has a lot of rural and undeveloped areas still. But the areas that are fully developed, are massively ahead in tech.
Overall when you compare the two, China is much more ahead then USA.
China is on track to be the worlds most superpower.
USA spends between 95–105 billion on Tech & research per year. With a 2% increase per year.
China spends between 280–290 billion on Tech & research per year. With a 14% increase per year.
So fast forward 12 years, by 2030 if they maintain the same growth rates:
USA will be spending around 130–140 billion per year in 2030.
China will be spending around 1.2–1.3 trillion per year in 2030.
China has surpassed USA in tech since around 2012–2013.
AI - Artificial Intelligence.
China is in 1st place, USA in 2nd, and Japan in 3rd.
From 2011–2015, China published 41,000 AI papers. USA did 25,500. In 2016, 2017. China’s AI industry is almost twice the overall size as USA’s. Even though USA has more individual companies. China’s are bigger, more advanced, and has almost 5x more budget allocated to it.
By 2030, China’s AI is expected to be over 10x that of USA’s.
Space - Tech
USA may have more current space technology completed today, with over 30% of it belonging to the USA.
China however has a budget of over 4x more then the USA on space research and development.
With China’s larger budget, and better quality, China is actually in the lead vs USA if you don’t count outdated tech. China creates far more superior tech in the space industry, and newer space programs are way more advanced in China than USA. All because of a larger budget.
Websites
While it may appear Google, Youtube and Facebook are the 3 most visited sites in the world (which they are).
When you compare the top 50 sites, China has the most, and more overall traffic. China has 1.4 billion people. USA has 330 million.
Biotech
China may appear to be behind in biotech, with out dated charts from 2012–2016 showing China in 10–15th place based on companies. USA to to outspend other countries 8–1 (second place). But that has changed a lot.
However, as of 2017, China is actually in 3rd place. And is estimated to be in first place by 4th quarter of 2018/1st quarter of 2019.
This is all thanks to the massive growth China has done in the last two years. It’s only going to keep growing too as China R&D budget is just too big for other countries to compare to.
Manufacturing Tech
China & USA have always been neck to neck in manufacturing tech. However, China’s R&D in this space is really high, way bigger right now than USA. After 2021, China will start to grow a big gap between themselves and USA, and USA will eventually fall in 4th and 5th place by 2028 as other countries surpass.
Information Tech
USA beats China in this space, by far. Not sure what China’s plans are in this space.
But it’s not an overall large space, USA doesn’t even rank top 5 themselves so it doesn’t add to much to the total overall aspect of Tech comparison between USA and China.
